Fashion Week Playlist: What We Heard at the New York Shows

As we learned earlier this week, designers and critics are spending more time picking and analyzing runway soundtracks than ever before. At the spring collections, there were clear winners—Grimes, for one, appeared on at least three catwalk speaker systems and innumerable postshow party playlists; there were also questionable picks, such as Donna Karan’s use of a soaring drum score from James Cameron’s Avatar; and unconventional, out-of-the-blue gems, like when menswear designer Tim Coppens finished off hisfighter pilot–inspired presentation with a blast of Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away.” And though the clothes won’t be available in stores for six months, you can listen to our favorite songs from the New York runways now. Here they are: